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| Bill | Property Owners' Association Act/Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. | Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons entitled to participate in such meetings have an opportunity to do so. The bill grants authority for determining whether any such meeting may be held entirely or partially by electronic means to the board of directors or executive board, as applicable. Under current law, if a meeting of a board of directors or executive board is conducted by telephone conference or video conference, at least two members of the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, are required to be physically present at the meeting place included in the meeting notice. The bill amends the definition of "electronic means" to provide that meeting conducted by electronic means includes a meeting conducted via teleconference, videoconference, Internet exchange, or other electronic methods. The bill allows members of property owners' associations or unit owners' associations to vote at meetings of such associations by absentee ballot, and allows such members to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for such voting. Finally, the bill provides that if a vote, consent, or approval required to be obtained by secret ballot is accomplished through electronic means, the electronic means shall protect the identity of the voter, and that if the electronic means cannot protect the identity of the voter, another means of voting shall be used. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1816 | Virginia HB 1816 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1816 (2021) — Property Owners' Association Act/Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting.
Property Owners' Association Act; Condominium Act; use of electronic means for meetings and voting. Allows meetings of property owners' associations, boards of directors, unit owners' associations, executive boards, and committees to be held entirely or partially by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for the use of electronic means for such meetings. The bill requires that such guidelines ensure that persons accessing such meetings are authorized to do so and that persons entitled to participate in such meetings have an opportunity to do so. The bill grants authority for determining whether any such meeting may be held entirely or partially by electronic means to the board of directors or executive board, as applicable. Under current law, if a meeting of a board of directors or executive board is conducted by telephone conference or video conference, at least two members of the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, are required to be physically present at the meeting place included in the meeting notice. The bill amends the definition of "electronic means" to provide that meeting conducted by electronic means includes a meeting conducted via teleconference, videoconference, Internet exchange, or other electronic methods. The bill allows members of property owners' associations or unit owners' associations to vote at meetings of such associations by absentee ballot, and allows such members to vote in person, by proxy, or by absentee ballot by electronic means, provided that the board of directors or executive board, as applicable, has adopted guidelines for such voting. Finally, the bill provides that if a vote, consent, or approval required to be obtained by secret ballot is accomplished through electronic means, the electronic means shall protect the identity of the voter, and that if the electronic means cannot protect the identity of the voter, another means of voting shall be used.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0009 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1816ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102459D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102459D
introduction - 2021-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1816)
- 2021-01-14 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-18 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-18 Engrossment reconsidered by House
- 2021-01-18 Engrossed by House
- 2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Reported from General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 Enrolled
- 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1816ER)
- 2021-02-17 Signed by President
- 2021-02-18 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- 2021-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 9 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/431b5349-b938-46f9-9b68-d07dcc622543. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).